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In this country we encourage "creativity" among the mediocre, but real bursting creativity appalls us. We put it down as read more
In this country we encourage "creativity" among the mediocre, but real bursting creativity appalls us. We put it down as undisciplined, as somehow "too much.".
Everything I've ever done was out of fear of being mediocre.
Everything I've ever done was out of fear of being mediocre.
The appearance of a single great genius is more than equivalent to the birth of a hundred mediocrities.
The appearance of a single great genius is more than equivalent to the birth of a hundred mediocrities.
Mediocrity obtains more with application than superiority without it.
Mediocrity obtains more with application than superiority without it.
Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.
Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.
Great innovators and original thinkers and artists attract the wrath of mediocrities as lightning.
Great innovators and original thinkers and artists attract the wrath of mediocrities as lightning.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous
In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous
Mediocre men often have the most acquired knowledge.
Mediocre men often have the most acquired knowledge.
